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As the dust began to settle Friday on a wild week for stocks, financial advisers and market analysts scrambled to make sense of it all. Despite a two-day run in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 700 points, the blue chip...

U.S. stock-index futures rose, with the S&P 500 poised for a fifth week of gains, amid optimism central banks around the world will do what it takes to support the global economy. Ross Stores Inc. advanced 4.8% in early New York trading after...

Bill Gross, the bond manager who joined Janus Capital Group Inc. (JNS) in September, won a $500 million mandate from a vehicle managed by George Soros's investment firm. Quantum Partners LP, a private vehicle managed by Soros Fund Management,...

U.S. stock-index futures declined, indicating equities will fall for a second day, as worse-than-forecast manufacturing data in the euro area and China added to signs of a deepening global-economic slowdown. Futures on the Standard & Poor's...

U.S. stock-index futures advanced, indicating the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will advance after slipping from a record. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. soared 27% in early New York trading after people briefed on the matter said Hasbro Inc. is...

U.S. equity-index futures rose after Republicans won control of the Senate, the dollar strengthened and precious metals fell. European stocks climbed on better-than-estimated earnings while Brent crude oil retreated to four-year low and Russia's...

One of the many byproducts of historically low interest rates and the higher risk in traditional bond funds that comes with it is the newfound popularity of nontraditional bond funds. But as the category has grown to $145 billion across 84 funds,...

Here's how to spot the bear market in stocks. Bear market won't come until the yield curve says so: Kleintop Money manager Paul Schatz wonders if there is something dark and dangerous lurking in the bond market. The challenges of an intermediate-term...

The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission inserted themselves into the debate surrounding controversial, non-traditional exchange traded funds last week — a debate that could harm the entire ETF sector,...

An American Bar Association task force studying mutual funds' use of derivatives will likely recommend measures to ensure that investors and fund directors are better-informed about the risks associated with the use of the complex financial...

Mt. Gox, once the world's largest bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy in Japan, and said that 850,000 bitcoins belonging to its customers and the firm were missing. “The company believes there is a high possibility that the bitcoins were...

Bank of America Corp. has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by a group of government entities which alleged the bank was part of a conspiracy that rigged bids for municipal derivatives. The $20 million is in addition...

Tradeweb Markets, a global fixed income and derivatives firm, has acquired BondDesk Group, the company announced today. It will be combining technology and services from BondDesk and Tradeweb Retail to create a rebranded Tradeweb Direct retail...

There has never been a more precarious time to be an income-focused investor. Twenty years ago, investors requiring more income, such as those going into retirement, could simply sell down their equities and buy more bonds. Today, however, with...

Computer breakdowns shook American equity trading for the second time this week, freezing thousands of stocks listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market for three hours and raising fresh concerns about the fragility of exchanges. The second-biggest American...

Here's an investment that sounds just too good: You get 150 percent of the upside of the stock market but only 90 percent of the downside. That's the promise of structured notes issued by companies including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America...

One need only look at the steady pace of outflows from equity mutual funds over the past few years to recognize that financial advisers must be longing for a better strategy for keeping investors in the markets. Evidence of investor fear is...

Van Hulzen Asset Management is tapping into the options space to add a little extra income to a portfolio of large-cap stocks. The Iron Horse Fund Ticker:(IRHAX), which was launched a week ago, will use a strategy that the $250 million asset...

The conventional wisdom among advisers and product companies that distribute through advisers is that without the advice of a financial professional, individuals are doomed to poor investment decisions and subpar performance. I believe that's...

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